The last race of the year, and as usual Brazil never fails to deliver an exciting title finale. So how did everyone go this round? The rain threw quite a few curve balls this round with Vettel almost retiring on the first lap but saved many points by getting back inside the top 10. The Williams double retirement, along with Perez and Grosjeans off hurt many as well did Hamiltons tangle with Hulkenberg for the lead and Di Resta's last lap crash. However on the plus side the majority of the top players stayed in the top 10 to the end saving everyone from a substandard score.

Now onto the final podium of the season

In third we have a tie, both on 117 points and sharing the "Fearless Felipe" Trophy goes too...IXIAN & Lotus38

For the win we also have a tie with only 1 point ahead of third, winners of the Brazilian Grand Prix and sharing the "Almost Alonso" and "Ballsy Button" Trophies goes too...

Nil85 & amirb

Congratulations to the top finishers and to all the podium placers throughout the year as we look at the full round results.

Brazilian Grand Prix Round Results:(R) = Rookie (Indicates who is new this round)

Now we move onto the championship standings, but before we go too far there are still some more awards to give out...

The PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Minor Awards

The Black Flag TrophyThis award is presented to the participant who has lost the most amount of points throughout the year due to penalties, and the winner is...soosk - A total of 6 Penalties equal to a loss of 109 points

Rosberg's Chinese Getaway TrophyThis award is presented to the participant who has the highest score for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...UnlikeUday - 225 Points, Round 17 India

Hamilton's "We Should Retire" TrophyThis award is presented to the participant who has the lowest score for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...OnAGivenDay - 10 Points, Round 6 Monaco

Back of the Pack TrophyThis award is presented to the participant who is the highest placing Rookie in the championship with the most rounds missed, and the winner is...Water - 45th with 3 Rounds missed

The Bernie Did He Really Mean That? TrophyThis award is presented to the participant who has nominated the most outrageous picks for any round throughout the year, and the winner is...fuelscoops - Round 20 Brazil

That concludes the Minor awards and now we come to our first Major award:The Caterham Rookie Champion TrophyThis is awarded to the winner of the Rookie Class.

With a score of 1888 and missing the first 2 rounds of the championship, the winner of The Caterham Rookie Champion Trophy is...Ipadf1

So now we come to it, 20 rounds, 200 picks, 139 entrants and 1 championship... The countdown to the winner of the:PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Championship!

Due to a tie we have no 25th, so sharing 24th and Winners of the HRT Special Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan Trophies goes too...

Gothnak & tamalon55

In 23rd, Winner of the Jerome D'Ambrosio Trophy goes too...Lotus38

In 22nd, Winner of the Heikki Kovalainen Trophy goes too...Nil85

In 21st, Winner of the Charles Pic Trophy goes toodobaderernz

In 20th, Winner of the Timo Glock Trophy goes too...Covalent

In 19, Winner of the Vitaly Petrov Trophy goes too...imbrugliaboy

In 18th, Winner of the Daniel Ricciardo Trophy goes too...DaveStebbins

In 17th, Winner of the Jean-Eric Vergne Trophy goes too...Furball

In 15th we have a tie, Winners of the Williams Special Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado Trophies goes too...

Now we come to the final part of this championship, the all important top 3:In 3rd place with a score of 2216, Winner of the Kimi Räikkönen Trophy goes too...davidb23

In 2nd place with a score of 2233, Winner of the Fernando Alonso Trophy goes too...robgowen90

So now only 1 remains, with a final charge to the championship and with only 6 points between 1st and second with a final score of 2239, ladies and gentlemen I present to you the recipient of the Sebastian Vettel Trophy and the overall winner of the:PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition Champion! 2HEKTK

Congratulations to 2HEKTK, robgowen90, davidb23, all the round winners and podium finishers throughout the year for what turned out to be a thrilling down to the wire season and a big thank you for everyones support and to everyone who competed in the PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2012 Edition making it such a successful season. Also a big mention to Furball whose help regarding the spreadsheet which has made this season much easier to manage.Thank You

Aw, damn it, a point away from a top ten finish! Although as a Nico Hulkenberg fan, it worked out quite well. Pretty awesome choice of picture, too!

Congrats to those who did better than me, and a massive thanks, for the second year running, to Spec for taking the time to run this competition. I'm sure I'm not the only one who enjoys the F1 season that little bit more thanks to participating in this. Thanks, Spec, and I look forward to trying (and no doubt, failing) to break into the top 10 next year

Firstly, thank you specdecible for all your efforts this year in putting this together. Huge comp to manage so I hope you're not getting a wife/partner or a full on job so you can do it again next year.

Secondly, congratulations 2HEKTK on winning this years championship.

Thirdly, 9th in my debut season. Like Perez, I feel I am ready to step up next year, and to quote the young man, "My target is to win the championship already next year"

Thanks specdecible for an awesome competition, your time and effort that you put in doesn't go unnoticed. Wishing you and your family a fantastic Christmas, the same to all other competitors. Will look forward to this again next year!

Huge thanks to Spec for running this, it was hugely enjoyable especially early on in the season when I was scoring podiums and wins! Many apologies though, a combination of real life and poor form (think I was in the bottom 5 3 races running) meant I kinda lost interest toward the end. I shall be more committed next year

It was an up and down year, and I have to be satisfied with 18th overall, even if my aim was much higher after last year.

Thanks very much specdecible, for putting in all the time required to run this tournament. As Jenson's Understeer said so well, it makes all the races just that much more fun to watch when I have a stake in all ten points positions. This competition is something I look forward to every race weekend, now, and I would really miss it if it were gone.

Thank you to all the participants for making this such an enjoyable competition. Congratulations again to UnlikeUday for the very-nearly-perfect picks in India; very impressive. Special thanks to tamalon55, Gothnak and specdecible for making me look good in the standings all year; and Razoola this year, too! I am looking forward to trouncing you all next year as well.

Congratulations to 2HEKTK for the win and to all that took part, but specially to specdecible, great fun for all and I'm sure a great effort on his part.

Regarding my own performance I think I placed 20 last year, this year's 23rd position sucks, but after missing out Austin completely I only have myself to blame, even with a poor score I am pretty sure I would have made top 5. BUT.. that means next year it will be much easier to improve!!

Congratulations to 2HEKTK for the win and to all that took part, but specially to specdecible, great fun for all and I'm sure a great effort on his part.

Regarding my own performance I think I placed 20 last year, this year's 23rd position sucks, but after missing out Austin completely I only have myself to blame, even with a poor score I am pretty sure I would have made top 5. BUT.. that means next year it will be much easier to improve!!

I guess I took your 20th position, which I'm kind of proud of since this is the first time I'm participating!

I also would like to thank Specdecible for all his work in this competition!

I'm thrilled with the Grosjean trophy and I feel it sums up my season quite well: a couple of unexpected podiums with the odd train wreck along the way, but providing hope for the future.

Thanks Specdecible, as several others have said the competition really does enhance my enjoyment of a Grand Prix weekend and forces me to look further down the field than I otherwise would. How you manage to process all this information and barely make a single mistake I'll never know.

See you all in Australia, I'm gunning for the Hamilton trophy next season provided he finishes in the top 10!

_________________The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights

Thought i'd share a fantasy f1 game I played last year. Unlike the others I found, this one only required a few minutes each week as there's no complex budgets to work out etc, just predictions for qually, podium finishers and first retired. No prizes.... but it's free.